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Comment Re:I thought that.. (Score 1) 97

The term Celsius comes from the Swedish scientist Anders Celsius who set the freezing point at 100 and the boiling point at 0. One year later the French scientist Cristin reversed that and called the scale centigrade, because the scale was divided in 100 parts, with centi for standing for one hundredth. Celsius and centigrade are the same, and for some time both terms were used, but in the mid-20th century Celsius was adopted as the standard name.

Exactly. Only insecure people would be offended by a term that has been and is understood world around.

Besides, the cool kids use Kelvin anyhow.

Comment Re:I thought that.. (Score 1) 97

"Centigrade" is a nonsense term nobody uses except Americans who can't memorize "Celsius". A centigrade would be 1/100th degree like a centimeter is 1/100th meter or a centigram is 10^-2 g. The SI unit is degrees Celsius, not "centigrades" or centipedes or Fumbleheit.

I see. As an American, I would use "C" or "F", but most often "K", mainly because it is better to use positives rather than negatives. Using a measurement system that goes into negative values simply because they are colder than the temperature where water freezes, is so clumsy.

Not an American, but a French scientist, Jean Pierre Cristin called his adaptation of Celsius' system centigrade as he divided the "C" scale into 100 steps. He called it the Centigrade scale, using "centi" as the prefix for 100. We still use his system today, and various places around the world use the terms interchangeably.

In 1948, The 9th General Conference on Weights and Measures made the Centigrade/Celsius named Celsius as the official name in honor of Anders Celsius.

That said, the cool kids use Kelvin as it tweaks the Celsius system a bit, every 1 degree K change of thermodynamic temperature refers to a change in the thermal energy, kBt , of exactly 1.380649×1023 joules .

Which of course, is the tweaking you have to do when superannuated systems like Celsius have to be tweaked for modern accuracy.

Comment Re: The lab-rat audience. (Score 1) 75

Jordan Peterson, intelligent and interesting, regardless of whether we like his politics or not,

I was interested in what you wrote but you lost me there. If someone writes a book about "rules for life", they have delusions of grandeur and place themselves into the "guru" category. Regardless of their politics too, we agree on that.

He was definitely polarizing.

Comment Re:2TB SSD (Score 1) 66

Macroeconomic theory was surprisingly deficient in the mid-century Soviet Union, or rather someone there took Marx's surplus value theory to the logical extreme, while ignoring all other research on the subject. But hey, not the first time people slavishly follow a single source material to their detriment. (most religions are the same way)

Comment Billionaire class will tell us what to do (Score 1) 66

I'm sure the Billionaire class will tell us normal people what to do. We put them on a pedestal, put them in office, or let them buy our votes in elections.
And you're a Marxist if you aren't on board with allowing our innovative captains of industry to steer this country, no this entire world, to greater heights.

Note: Crucial P310 2TB SSD is under $250.

Comment Re:Meanwhile (Score 1) 97

No to be clear I think you simply do not understand my argument, either from ignorance or purpose. I understand your argument fine, hell I am only half disagreeing with you but I dont even think you understand that. You cant understand that or you might be forced to actually address mt greater point and not just the 1in of surface on it.

But hey, you're a Trump voter, why do I have any expectations?

Comment AI gate keepers (Score 2) 69

2025 is the year that personal computing is no longer personal.

You are not going to be permitted to handle your own affairs offline. Everything as a service because AI will be in everything and the equipment must be in the cloud. Average consumers and gamers cannot compete with trillions in hype investment. All you can do is wait for the bubble to pop, and hope your retirement or national economy is not popped with it.

Comment Re:Meanwhile (Score 1) 97

The left doesn't want to be under the tent of the Democratic party and somehow always finds a reason to not vote for the Democratic candidate. I remember when the left said we needed to choose Walz or they wouldn't vote for Harris and then after he was picked... whoops, found another reason! The same people that threw their weight behind Fetterman. So why should Democrats pander to people that don't want to vote for them anyway at the cost of alienating the party base that actually votes?

I mean look at you, you already justified not supporting the party. It's politics as a fashion statement, aesthetics only.

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